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Jones 2006 Cross IndexThere can be little doubt that David Jones's (2006) book "A Complete Guide to Native Orchids of Australia including the Island Territories" provides probably the most current and most comprehensive coverage of Australia's native orchids available between one set of covers. However whether, and to what extent, the very substantial taxonomic restructure presented in the book is accepted by the professional botanical community, only time will tell. In the meantime, while many orchid growers will enthusiastically embrace these new taxonomies, many others will exercise their valid right to continue labelling their orchids using the older taxa, waiting for the dust to settle on the scientific debate. In either regard there are difficulties for users of Jones's book, in their attempt to relate many of these new taxa to older species descriptors. The individual species entries in the text provide no prior taxonomic information whatever; and the index is of limited assistance, and far from complete regarding taxonomic descriptors commonly used over the past decade or so. For example, looking up Dendrobium falcorostrum, one finds in the index "= Thelychiton falcorostrus". The reader then must look up T. falcorostrus for the relevant page number. However, a reader interested in Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum will find no reference anywhere. Inferring from the index entry "Dendrobium bigibbum = Vappodes bigibba" that one should start looking under genus Vappodes, further reading finds V. lithicola for which the description matches the orchid known as D. bigibbum var. compactum. These tables constitute my personal attempt to make David Jones's book more user friendly for those needing to reference the earlier taxa. They present a cross-reference between the taxonomic descriptors in Jones's book and the more commonly used earlier versions, with a direct page reference for each species. They may be downloaded from below, in either of two PDF forms - sorted by the earlier names, or sorted by the new names presented in David Jones 2006 book. What this cross reference is notThese tables are a cross index only - they are not intended to provide
information that comprises any part of the content of David Jones's book. Nor is
it intended that they provide a comprehensive taxonomic history of any taxon -
there are many serious publications and other sources that provide this
information. For one such, the reader is directed to Mark Clements & David
Jones's "
Earlier
Versions
Jones
(2006) Versions
The
Dendrobiinae
The
Dendrobium
Alliance
Comments
Genus
Species
Section
Name
Common
Names
Genus
Species
Genus
Common Name
Common
Names
Page
Dendrobium
adae
Dendrocoryne
Thelychiton
adae
Cane
or Rock Orchids
Slender
Cane Orchid
403
Dendrobium
aemulum
Dendrocoryne
Ironbark,
Brush Box or White Feather Orchid
Tropilis
aemula
Feather
Orchids
Ironbark
Feather Orchid
415
See
Note 9. D. aemulum,
Ironbark Form.
Dendrobium
aemulum
Dendrocoryne
Tropilis
crassa
Feather
Orchids
Tableland
Feather Orchid
416
See
Note 9. D. aemulum,
Casuarina Form.
Dendrobium
aemulum
Dendrocoryne
Tropilis
eburnea
Feather
Orchids
Rainforest
Feather Orchid
416
See
Note 9. D. aemulum Rainforest Form.
Dendrobium
aemulum
Dendrocoryne
Tropilis
radiata
Feather
Orchids
Brushbox
Feather Orchid
416
See
Note 9. D. aemulum,
Brush Box Form.
Dendrobium
aemulum var. callitrophilum
Dendrocoryne
Tropilis
callitrophilis
Feather
Orchids
Thin
Feather Orchid
415
See
Note 9. See also Dendrobium
callitrophyllum. D. aemulum,
Callitris Form.
Dendrobium
affine
Phalaenanthe
Vappodes
dicupha
Butterfly
Orchids
White
Butterfly Orchid
417
See
also Dendrobium dicuphum
Dendrobium
agrostophyllum
Trachyrhizum
Buttercup
Orchid
Trachyrhizum
agrostophyllum
Buttercup
Orchids
Buttercup
Orchid
414
Dendrobium
antennatum
Spatulata
Antelope
Orchid
Ceratobium
dalbertisii
Antelope
Orchids
Green
Antelope Orchid
384
Dendrobium
baileyii
Grastidium
Grastidium
baileyii
Gemini
Orchids
Blotched
Gemini Orchid
398
Dendrobium
bairdianum
(syn. to fellowsii)
Eleutheroglossum
Eleutheroglossum
fellowsii
Damsel
Orchids
Native
Damsel Orchid
396
Dendrobium
bifalce
Latouria
Leioanthum
bifalce
Bee
Orchids
Native
Bee Orchid
399
Dendrobium
bigibbum
Phalaenanthe
Vappodes
bigibba
Butterfly
Orchids
Mauve
Butterfly Orchid
417
See
Note 4. Jones's only D. bigibbum index entry refers it to V.
bigibba
Dendrobium
bigibbum var. bigibbum
Phalaenanthe
Vappodes
bigibba
Butterfly
Orchids
Mauve
Butterfly Orchid
417
See
Note 4.
Dendrobium
bigibbum var. compactum
Phalaenanthe
Vappodes
lithocola
Butterfly
Orchids
Dwarf
Butterfly Orchid
418
See
Note 4.
Dendrobium
bigibbum var. superbum
Phalaenanthe
Cooktown
Orchid
Vappodes
phalaenopsis
Butterfly
Orchids
Cooktown
Orchid
418
See
Note 4.
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Users of these tables are invited to forward to me any advice regarding:
I do, of course, reserve the right to make the final decision on what to include, exclude, or amend.
This index is a work in progress and currently only covers epiphytes but I hope to extend this to include the terrestrials. As the terrestrial group is a much larger group, any assistance with this group would be greatly appreciated.
Jones 2006 Cross Index sorted by earlier names | Acrobat (PDF) 109Kb |
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For those without an Acrobat reader, a free download is available here.
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David Gillingham
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